... i, Systematic agitation, which consists principally of F be persistently placing one side only of a question be- S 0g fore the public, cannot fail of producing some a marked effect. It either raises up an opposition X - more powerful than itself and disappears before the e enemy, or it enlarges its boundaries upon the apa- C in thetic indifference of those who treat it with con- f, or ...

... L FI' ,m1.1 r-h-r ?? to th,. T,-Aw _n~A nf ?? The weekly returns made to the Local Board of Health have for several weeks past been uniusually high. * For tho y weekending Baturday last the number of registered deaths was a, ie 57, making the annual rate of mortality 51 per 1,000 persons * living. By a singular coincidence the numbers were pre- d cisely the same the week before. Of course the ...

... PETTY SEssIoNs, Wednesday. ft (Before C. C. RADFORD and R. K. PRINOLE, Esqrs.) 'Lc John Bunting, labourer, Bonsall, waa, summoned by 'act Police-constable Allen for being drunk and disorderly at tai orl Bonsall on the 2nd ?? s. and lOs. 6d. costs. ou William AshtQn, labourer,. Parley Dale, was summon-ed Ch at the instance of Police-constable Kpsowles, for being drinkht and riotons at 'Darlez, ...

... 3 at The following interesting letter has been communicated to ge to no irO- us by a gentleman of Derby whose brother (the writer) dates w, and from Fray Boutos, May 8th, 1870:- . im I left Perougoathe first week in April, and went north of of the River Negro, and have now in twelve months seen all I tol ick care to see of a grazier's life. It has charms with all its Hi roughness, bnt does not ...

... To TMf RDITO1 01? THE DERBY MERCURY. ie Sir-At a time when the members of the Education Leage ae duingtheir utmost to destroy the present ty deoiainlsystem of education, la system which with ae all its defects has done, and Is doing, incalculable good, I should be glad if yon would allow me space for the follow- ale lgetatfrom the Rev. J. J. Blandford's report on the in state oregius ...

... I - - (THE FREEMASONS AND THE ECUMENICAL I COUNCIL. ble In the more progressive countries of the world the Free- t5 ter. masons have long ceased to head popular Opposition wa the against religiousintolerance. North pf the Po, the Pyre- of, in- nees, and the Balkan, public opinion has become a power to l ng, in this 19th century of ours, which on this one point, at an ch- any rate, needs no ...

... A-- .. --.A n.. T -.-i - ,-n-l e On Wcdnesday afternoon Dr. Lankester opened an inquiry at the College Arms, Canioden Town, into the circumstances attending the deaths of the six persons wbo perished in the dreadful fire at Sandwich-street, Burton-crescent, on Christ- Sa mas uight. The deceased ?? Anne Beetlestone, wi nged 30; Frances Betlestobe, aged 10; Alice Beetlestone, sai aged 6; Fra¢nk ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE DERRY MERCURY. Sir-Fairplay's letter in the Mercury of last week has C 't drawn forth a reply-if reply you can call it-in the columns v n of the Advertiser. I have not much fault, sir, to find with u 3, it. It is fairly grammatical, tolerably disecursive, quite s8 Me sufficiently flattering to our friend Mr. Clarke; but., sir, for 1 I- the life of me I cannot see the ...

... By 'virtue of a precept f rom the Lord Bishop of Lichifield the, Derby Archifliaconal Conference for the present year Nil was held on Wednesday last, and was very numerously n attended by the clergy and laity of the archdleaconry. The St Proceedings commenced with the celebration of the Holy t 0Comnfunion in All Saints' Church, the number of Comm- nicants being large. At oneb o'clocki a cold ...

... Oraura'e to She eR5Gion~ 94 t BsUpernUn~e rry r q£ iihe I 3pection ?? inbh ?? firth fhA m-'hanaion atof CoI.RQOb- LJh preliminary inspewfihk gl -i ,,ed 1hich tee6k ~III~ ol~mnrig'it i ?? openco unnhri ?? ?? toyz cw9i4g& +t formed, astrt ?? nfonrched p,,t in, 1bk'9ltt!d, tlhe officers of each gompo- advsig t t 'h ofroitd saluting. This movepcun was-'eiy Pod AblyTperfor ,in the lnon marching ic ...

... DERBY POsT OFFICE. DISPATCH OP I The Office Is open to the psbliti Lines of road and Oa Iefpiaoes of destfidat'io No, of Mail. i Ashborne, Belper, Matloch, Wirks- worth, and vilasgee around Derby.. 2 Birminigham Cheltenhara, Gloncee-- ter, Woreesser, and Wales . . 3 Stoka'-on&Tirnt, Hull, York, Leads, I n. ?? rn.C nunties 4Lonron . . 6 Leicesls. I*oisghhorough, riakewell, Huxtose and Matlock 6 ...

... L i ; ?? .; .Ci> ,I. .. . X1-1 - I ?? SCUiL Dttaooii 1'xs us 4at'iS'ii: ny 4m, tho crbel poacehers whohdopt thig,4ystonia itiflid hook on' W tiimoi, whichi they do sounitimioand It:'h oslld fel ootit ?? away, are they nuot ?? by)law9' I shtuld ;iikn'to kinow whomu oreport, sqhi a.ease to, for thetkejieprs take Dni notice of them, although they have been at-workall.tliW wveek-. By givihig m,, ...